5,226 butter cake recipes

Old-fashioned crumb coffee cake with a brown sugar and shortening crumble topping baked right on top of the batter. One bowl, seven ingredients, and your kitchen smells incredible.

Slow cooker chocolate pudding cake with cocoa, chocolate syrup, and chopped pecans. The batter steams into a fudgy, gooey cake with its own chocolate sauce on the bottom. Served warm with cream.

Light apricot almond cake made with ground almonds, egg whites, and fresh apricot slices on top. No egg yolks, no heavy batter, just a tender, airy French-style fruit cake served warm.

Old-fashioned yeast-risen coffee cake topped with cinnamon-sugar cream that bakes into a custardy crust. The yeast version is fluffier than batter coffee cakes, with a tender, brioche-like crumb.

Strawberry cupcakes blend frozen sweetened strawberries straight into oil-based batter with chopped walnuts and almond extract. Pink-flecked, tender muffin-style cakes.

Mocha pudding cake: a self-saucing chocolate coffee cake that bakes its own rich fudge sauce underneath the crackled top. Pour boiling water over the batter and let the oven do the magic.

Nantucket cranberry pie layers tart cranberries and toasted walnuts under a buttery, almond-scented cake batter. A New England holiday classic baked in one bowl.

Southern Coke cake made with Coca-Cola in both the chocolate batter and the boiled cocoa-pecan frosting. Marshmallows in the batter melt into gooey pockets as it bakes.

Snickers chocolate cake made by melting candy bars straight into the batter. Buttermilk crumb with caramel, peanut, and nougat ribbons in every slice.

Sugar-crusted pecans spiked with habanero chile powder, folded into chocolate cake batter for a sweet-heat surprise in every bite. Five ingredients, ten minutes, and your chocolate cake will never be boring again.

Easy one-bowl apple brunch cake with cinnamon, brown sugar, and loads of diced apples stirred right into the batter. A dense, moist cake that comes together with minimal effort and no mixer needed.

Lemon cake pie bakes into two layers from a single batter: a creamy lemon custard on the bottom and a light sponge cake on top. Fresh lemon juice and zest give it bright citrus flavor.

Toasted nut spice cake with brown sugar meringue baked right on top. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a moist sour milk batter, crowned with a crispy-chewy nut meringue layer that bakes alongside the cake.

Nantucket donuts: classic New England cake donuts with cinnamon and nutmeg in the batter, fried golden and tumbled in a bag of cinnamon sugar. Old-fashioned donut shop nostalgia.

French apple cake with poached apples topped in a light, flourless almond batter with lemon zest and whipped egg whites. Served lukewarm with custard or cream.

Carrot cake cupcakes with walnuts, chocolate chips, and warm spices, topped with cream cheese frosting. Orange juice in the batter adds a bright, unexpected twist.